Number of people moderately or severely food insecure in Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan: Number of people moderately or severely food insecure was 400,000 in 2023. ▬ Flat

Latest (2023)
400,000
Change on year
down 20.0%
World rank
100th
of 126 countries
All-time high
600,000
in 2020
All-time low
400,000
in 2017
Years of data
7
2017–2023

Number of people moderately or severely food insecure in Kazakhstan, 2017–2023

0200.0k400.0k600.0k2017202020232017: 400.0k2018: 500.0k2019: 500.0k2020: 600.0k2021: 500.0k2022: 500.0k2023: 400.0k

Source: Our World in Data.

Analysis

Kazakhstan recorded 400,000 for number of people moderately or severely food insecure in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 7 years on record.

That represents a change of down 20.0% on the previous year and unchanged over ten years.

Kazakhstan ranks 100th of 126 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.

Number of people moderately or severely food insecure in Kazakhstan, year by year

Annual values for Number of people moderately or severely food insecure in Kazakhstan, 2017 to 2023.
Year Value Change
2017 400,000
2018 500,000 +25.0%
2019 500,000 +0.0%
2020 600,000 +20.0%
2021 500,000 -16.7%
2022 500,000 +0.0%
2023 400,000 -20.0%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2010s 466,667 400,000 500,000 3
2020s 500,000 400,000 600,000 4

Countries ranked near Kazakhstan

  1. 97 Kyrgyzstan 500,000 compare
  2. 97 Singapore 500,000 compare
  3. 97 Uruguay 500,000 compare
  4. 100 Austria 400,000 compare
  5. 100 Denmark 400,000 compare
  6. 100 Kuwait 400,000 compare
  7. 100 Mauritius 400,000 compare
  8. 100 Norway 400,000 compare
  9. 100 Slovak Republic 400,000 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is number of people moderately or severely food insecure in Kazakhstan?
Number of people moderately or severely food insecure in Kazakhstan was 400,000 in 2023, according to Our World in Data.
What is the highest number of people moderately or severely food insecure recorded in Kazakhstan?
The highest recorded value was 600,000 in 2020.
What is the lowest number of people moderately or severely food insecure recorded in Kazakhstan?
The lowest recorded value was 400,000 in 2017.
How does Kazakhstan rank for number of people moderately or severely food insecure?
Kazakhstan ranks 100th out of 126 countries with data for 2023.
Is number of people moderately or severely food insecure rising or falling in Kazakhstan?
Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this Kazakhstan data come from?
The figures come from Our World in Data, published as part of Number of people moderately or severely food insecure. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Number of people moderately or severely food insecure
Source
Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
126 places, 1,051 data points, 2015–2023
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